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Research paper

Resources and Rape: Congo’s (toxic) Discursive Complex

In the last decade, the rapes (of women) in, and the metaphoric raping (of natural resources) of, the Democratic Republic of Congo have received unprecedented attention from media, donors, and advocacy groups. Beginning in the early 2000s, these two narratives…

Cambridge University Press

2019

Research paper

‘A Real Woman Waits’ – Heteronormative Respectability, Neo-Liberal Betterment and Echoes of Coloniality in SGBV Programming in Eastern DR Congo

Drawing on archival and field research, this article critically examines the production and distribution of gender roles and expectations in SGBV programming, in particular in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We find the underlying currents in some of these…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2019

Research paper

What Women Want before Justice: Examining Justice Initiatives to Challenge Violence against Women in the DRC

While the realization of women’s rights has increased significantly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese women’s struggle is often obscured by certain international actors actively pushing for social change in the region. Those who are politically active in…

Central and East Africa Hub

Oxford University Press

2018

Research paper

Violence, Well-Being and Level of Participation in Formal Education among Adolescent Girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Role of Child Marriage

Child marriage is a well-recognized barrier to education, and exposes girls to an increased risk of violence along with other negative health and developmental outcomes. A quantitative survey was conducted with girls selected from 14 communities in South Kivu, Democratic…

Central and East Africa Hub

2018

Research paper

“A Woman’s Degree Must End in the Kitchen”: Expectations of Women in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

This study draws on a qualitative approach to explore how adolescents perceive women’s and men’s roles in marriage and family life. A sample of 56 boys and girls aged 16–20 from two urban and two rural high schools in South…

Central and East Africa Hub

SAGE Publications

2021

Research paper

Behind the weapon of war: sexual violence in wartime as a reflection of social attitudes towards women in peacetime

This article looks at practices of sexual violence that were prevalent during the period before the conflict in 1996 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and shows how they have contributed to war-related sexual violence. The findings are based…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2018

Research paper

Love, Sex, and Exchange in the Context of Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The narrow framing of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and the United Nations Zero-Tolerance Policy inadequately accounts for the range of sexual interactions in peacekeeping contexts and obscures the wider social contexts within which sexual decision making occurs. We draw…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2022

Research paper

The Transitional Justice Gap: Exploring ‘Everyday’ Gendered Harms and Customary Justice in South Kivu, DR Congo

Feminist transitional justice (TJ) has greatly contributed to the study of justice in the ruins of war, notably around prosecuting wartime rape. At the same time, scholars have observed limitations to this research agenda such as externally-driven definitions gendered harms…

Central and East Africa Hub

2017

Research paper

Relationships Matter: Persistent Armed Conflict – A Case of Negotiated Authority and Survival

Many of the armed conflicts that have taken place over the past 25 years have been explained as a means by which greedy rebels and elites profit from natural resource rents. Accordingly, much of the research conducted in the field…

Central and East Africa Hub

University of Ottawa

2018

Research paper

Sexual and gender based violence against men in the Democratic Republic of Congo: effects on survivors, their families and the community

Media and service provider reports of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) perpetrated against men in armed conflicts have increased. However, response to these reports has been limited, as existing evidence and programs have primarily focused on prevention and response…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2011

Research paper

A man never cries: barriers to holistic care for male survivors of sexual violence in eastern DRC

While we know that most male survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) do not have access to care, little attention has been devoted to a systematic analysis of why this is so. Drawing…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2022

Book chapter

Borders, boundaries, and brokers: The unintended consequences of strategic essentialism in transnational feminist networks

Strategic essentialising around the figure of the Congolese woman has created a collective of more than 60 different women’s organisations coming from opposite corners of the DRC. There now exists an extensive grassroots community, which maintains visibility and close contact…

Routledge

2020

Book chapter

Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo

This chapter explores how effective or not has civil society been in ending armed conflict and building sustaining peace in Kivu provinces via the use of seven civil society’s peacebuilding functions. The findings are drawn from desk research, mainly exploring…

Central and East Africa Hub

Springer, Cham

2022

Thesis

Navigating Obstacles, Opportunities and Reforms: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods in Artisanal Mining Communities in Eastern DRC

This thesis drew upon ethnographic methods to ‘zoom in’ on the diverse and changing roles of women in artisanal mining. Over a 15-month period, the research was carried out at four mining sites: two in South Kivu (Kamituga and Nyabibwe)…

Central and East Africa Hub

Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS)

2017

Thesis

Integrating Women into Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Case Study of Goma

This thesis, set in the context of field research conducted in North Kivu province in DRC, explores the barriers to women’s participation in peacebuilding processes and their potential contributions. From the field, it is evident that women’s organisations and groups…

University of Dublin Trinity College

2021

Thesis

Bringing Justice to the People: Examining International Assistance to the DR Congo’s Judiciary and Its Impacts on Sexual Violence Crimes and Gender Power Relations in North Kivu

This thesis aims to explore the impact of international assistance on challenging sexual violence crimes in conflict in the eastern DRC. In this regard, firstly, a broad understanding of the notion of violence is provided by gendering Slavoj Žižek’s theory…

Central and East Africa Hub

SOAS University of London

Thesis

A Gender Analysis of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Health System Reform: An Opportune Moment to Build a Just and Inclusive Health System

This thesis examines key institutional and structural interventions and reforms in the health system of the DRC for their implications on health experienced by Congolese women from conception to beyond their reproductive years. This thesis suggests that healthcare reform efforts…

Central and East Africa Hub

Columbia University

2017

Briefing

Women, Conflict and Public Authority in the Congo

Even though women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are undoubtedly marginalized in formal political life, they are not completely absent from the political arena. Congolese women are involved in the exercise of local public authority in a…

Central and East Africa Hub

Rift Valley Institute

2016

Research paper

The Lord’s Resistance Army in Sudan: A history and overview

This study examines the military history of the LRA in Sudan, the prospects for ending the conflict and the main challenges facing the peace talks.

Central and East Africa Hub

2006

Briefing

Expanding the Reach of Justice and Accountability in South Sudan

This policy brief explores options to consider in expanding the reach of justice and accountability processes as part of any post-conflict transition in South Sudan. The brief is structured in three sections. After a short introduction, the first section examines…

Central and East Africa Hub

2016

Briefing

The Legacy of Kokora in South Sudan

This briefing paper presents a historical case study on Kokora, a word associated with the decentralization policy enacted in southern Sudan in 1983. The policy divided the semi-autonomous Southern Region in Sudan, into three smaller administrative regions. While the events…

Central and East Africa Hub

Research paper

Gender relations and women’s reproductive health in South Sudan

Drawing on Connell’s relational theory of gender, the authors of this study conducted focus group discussion and interviews with Fertit women in South Sudan concerning their ability to control their reproductive lives. Women reported little choice over the childbearing demands…

Central and East Africa Hub

2016

Research paper

Beyond scarcity: Rethinking water, climate change and conflict in the Sudans

This article critiques the emphasis on ‘scarcity’, ‘state failure’ and ‘under-development’ within discussions of environmental security, proposing instead an alternative model of environment-conflict relations.

Central and East Africa Hub

2014

Research paper

‘When I die, let me be the last.’ Community health worker perspectives on past Ebola and Marburg outbreaks in Uganda

This paper describes findings from interviews with health workers from three outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg virus disease.

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2019

Blog

A widow’s story of survival and humanitarianism in the Sudans

The story of Nyapuottek, a widow from the Sudanese war, illustrates how fraught it can be to navigate changing relations during times of conflict and migration, and how such struggles can intersect with humanitarian initiatives.

Central and East Africa Hub

2023

Briefing

Cross-border dynamics between Uganda and Rwanda in the context of the outbreak of Ebola, 2022

This Key Considerations brief summarises cross-border dynamics between Uganda and Rwanda in the context of the 2022 outbreak of Ebola (Sudan virus disease, SVD) in Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Using social science in response to the 2022 Ebola outbreak in Uganda

This briefing draws on previous outbreaks to highlight how social science can make an effective contribution across the response to the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Sudan virus in Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Social Science Perspectives for Emergency Response to the Conflict in Northern Ethiopia

Ethiopia is currently experiencing several intersecting humanitarian crises including conflict, climatic shocks, COVID-19, desert locust infestation and more, affecting nearly 30 million people. This brief outlines important contextual factors and social impacts of the Northern Ethiopian crisis and offers key…

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination Services: Insights from Iraq and Syria for the MENA Region

This brief draws on evidence from academic and grey literature and consultations with partners working in the COVID-19 response to review current integration efforts (as of August 2022) and explore potentially effective ways to integrate COVID-19 vaccination into other services…

SSHAP

2022

Infographic

Behavioural, Social and Community Dynamics Related to Plague Outbreaks in Madagascar

This infographic summarises the key considerations of a brief which explores behavioural and community dynamics related to plague outbreaks in Madagascar.

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Supporting ‘wheat-to-bread’ systems in fragmented Syria

This Key Consideratoins briefing describes the social and political dimensions of food insecurity in Syria and provides insights into how territorial fragmentation affects wheat-to-bread systems.

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Engaging Young People in Latin American and the Caribbean in the COVID-19 Response

This brief draws on academic and grey literature exploring how COVID-19 affects young people, as well as literature describing the pandemic response in Latin American and the Caribbean and other regions. It offers considerations on how to engage youth by…

SSHAP

2022

Multimedia

Social dimensions of monkeypox: gaps and priority questions?

This presentation on the social dimensions of monkeypox was compiled by Hayley MacGregor and the WHO Social Science Technical Working Group for a meeting of the WHO R&D Roadmap.

2022

Briefing

Drivers Influencing Vaccination-related Behaviours Among Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

This brief summarises existing information about the factors influencing vaccination-related practices during the Ukrainian crisis. It also presents strategic and practical considerations to inform the design of interventions to create demand for routine immunisation among Ukrainian refugees.

SSHAP

2022

Briefing

Social considerations for monkeypox response

This brief outlines the social considerations for responding to the recent outbreak of Monkeypox.

SSHAP

2022